--- title: Pokémon Go Players Anger 9/11 Memorial Visitors in New York description: "Pokémon Go" players have been flocking to the 9/11 Memorial in New York, angering visitors who say the sacred place should be off limits canonical: https://time.com/4403516/pokemon-go-911-memorial-holocaust-museum/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T20:09:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:36.639Z og:title: 'Pokémon Go' Players Anger 9/11 Memorial Visitors: ‘It's a Hallowed Place’ og:description: “A lot of people died here. 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Photo by Melissa Chan  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jul 12, 2016 8:09 PM UTC [Pokémon Go](http://time.com/4401084/pokemon-go-how-play-guide-tips/) players have been flocking to the [9/11 Memorial](https://www.911memorial.org/memorial) in New York City, angering some visitors who say the sacred place that honors those who perished in the terrorist attacks should be off-limits to gamers. There are at least four Pokéstops at the landmark — including the twin memorial pools that feature the names of every person who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001\. The stops, real-world locations marked on the game’s map, give players prize items like Pokéballs, which many say is inappropriate. “To make this as a spot in a game, I think that’s wrong,” said Mickey Kennedy, 61, a native New Yorker who visited the site Tuesday. “A lot of people died here. It’s a place to reflect, not to play a game.” “Go to the Bronx Zoo if you want to play,” the retired EMS worker added. “There are just some things you don’t do.” **Read More:** [**_‘Pokémon Go’ Is Affecting People’s Lives in Very Strange Ways_**](http://time.com/4402951/pokemon-go-weird/) A 28-year-old Pokémon Go player from New Jersey, who only identified himself as Shawn, said he was passing through the site when he decided to whip out his phone to play the game. He told TIME he regretted the decision when he realized the magnitude of the landmark. “I picked my head up and kind of realized it’s not that great of an idea,” he said, adding that he has lost friends and relatives in the attacks. “It’s a hallowed place. Some memorials should be left alone.”  Melissa Chan for TIME The 9/11 Memorial and Niantic, which developed the game, did not immediately return requests for comment Tuesday. The Holocaust Museum, which is also a Pokéstop, has [asked visitors not to play the game](http://time.com/4402814/holocaust-museum-pokemon-go/) inside the building. “Playing the game is not appropriate in the museum, which is a memorial to the victims of Nazism,” Andrew Hollinger, the museum’s communications director, told The Washington _Post_. “We are trying to find out if we can get the museum excluded from the game.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4403516/pokemon-go-911-memorial-holocaust-museum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4403516/pokemon-go-911-memorial-holocaust-museum/"},"headline":"Pokémon Go Players Anger 9/11 Memorial Visitors: 'It's a Hallowed Place'","datePublished":"2016-07-12T20:09:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:36.639Z","description":"“A lot of people died here. 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